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DALE LOUIS COURCHANE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1945 – April 2, 1966
Service recordDale Louis Courchane, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 73
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 73
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- MICHAEL DEAN COOKPrivate · April 2, 1966
- JULIAN CASTILLO CUELLARCorporal · April 2, 1966
- CURTIS EUGENE DORRISSergeant · April 2, 1966
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.